Romeo

[ roh-mee-oh ]

noun

1. the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
2. any man who is preoccupied with or has a reputation for amatory success with women.
3. a lover:

   She found her Romeo at a charity ball.

4. (used in communications to represent the letter R. )
5. a male given name.

Romeo

/ ˈrəʊmɪəʊ /

noun

1. -os an ardent male lover
2. communications a code word for the letter r

Word History and Origins

Origin of Romeo¹

from the hero of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1594)

Example Sentences

Yet Romeo reads only his lines, Thompson-Peer says, before going off to do Romeo things.

From Science News For Students

All the actors in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet have the same script.

From Science News For Students

In 2017, Shondaland’s first foray into period drama, Heather Mitchell’s Romeo and Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed, was canceled after a single season.

From Time

DiCaprio’s Romeo—first glimpsed in a moody moment by the sea, as he writes in his journal—is practically alight with a charming, nonthreatening openness.

From Time

So there might be some brain flexibility that “lends itself to changes uniquely during this time,” Romeo says.

From Science News For Students

Like Romeo and Juliet, we lived in different worlds — until now.

From The Daily Beast

His first theater role was as Friar Laurence in a UVA production of Romeo and Juliet.

From The Daily Beast

In the first scene in Romeo and Juliet, in which we meet the nurse (and Juliet), Lady Capulet asks how old Juliet is.

From The Daily Beast

(Netflix, June 1) Romeo and Juliet (2013) Single for the summer?

From The Daily Beast

That's why the play is called The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and not What Happens to Romeo and Juliet?

From The Daily Beast

My overture, Romeo and Juliet, had hardly any success here, and has remained quite unnoticed.

From Project Gutenberg

I have written three new pieces, and a song, as well as going on with my opera and revising Romeo and Juliet.

From Project Gutenberg

I have just come from Pasdeloups concert, where your Romeo overture was shamefully bungled.

From Project Gutenberg

He was very nice about promising to help me smooth the path for Romeo and Juliet.

From Project Gutenberg

Romeo and Juliet part; but they have known each other but for a week.

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